Montana Code Annotated

Mont. Code Ann. § 2-15-101 (2026)

Declaration Of Policy And Purpose

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TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 15. EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICERS AND AGENCIES

Part 1. General Provisions

Declaration Of Policy And Purpose

2-15-101. Declaration of policy and purpose. (1) The purpose of this chapter is to comply with Article VI, section 7, of the Montana constitution which requires that all executive and administrative offices, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch (except for the office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, and auditor) and their respective functions, powers, and duties shall be allocated by law among not more than 20 principal departments so as to provide an orderly arrangement in the administrative organization of state government.

(2) It is the public policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter to create a structure of the executive branch of state government which is responsive to the needs of the people of this state and sufficiently flexible to meet changing conditions; to strengthen the executive capacity to administer effectively and efficiently at all levels; to encourage greater public participation in state government; to effect the grouping of state agencies into a reasonable number of departments primarily according to function; to provide that the responsibility within the executive branch of state government for the implementation of programs and policies is clearly fixed and ascertainable; and to eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort within the executive branch of state government.

History: En. 82A-102 by Sec. 1, Ch. 272, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 358, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 82A-102.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1986–2019 · leading case: Williamson v. Montana Pub. Serv. Comm'n & Nw. Energy, 2012 MT 32 (Mont. 2012).

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Williamson v. Montana Pub. Serv. Comm'n & Nw. Energy, 2012 MT 32 (Mont. 2012). “See §§2-15-101, -2602, MCA. To be sure, there are various Executive Branch boards and commissions that exercise a quasi-judicial function as part of their mandate.”

Bullock v. Fox, 435 P.3d 1187 (Mont. 2019). “¶34 Moreover, following the approval of the Montana Constitution in 1972, the Legislature passed the Executive Reorganization Act, § 2-15-101, et seq., MCA. In 1995, this Court held: the [c]onstitutional status of the governor as the State's chief executive officer and, subject…”

Malta Irrigation Dist. v. Montana Bd. of Health & Env't Sciences, 729 P.2d 1323 (Mont. 1986). · cites it 3× “Section 2-15-101, MCA. Even were we to decide this jurisdictional question otherwise, we would nevertheless affirm the District Court’s denial of this petition, for the Districts enjoy an effective remedy at law.”

Montana Pub. Emp.'s Ass'n v. Off. of the Governor, 898 P.2d 675 (Mont. 1995). “The statutory duties of executive branch officers and agencies are generally found at § 2-15-101, et seq., MCA, commonly referred to as the Executive Reorganization Act.”

Williamson v. Montana Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 2012 MT 299 (Mont. 2012). “¶5 Although they have filed neither a cross-appeal nor a motion to dismiss this appeal, Respondents raise the preliminary question whether the District Court’s order denying costs and a temporary rate decrease and remanding this case to the PSC constitutes a final, appealable…”

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